Jim's Giant Harmonica Songbook
Snow Bird
7 7 -7 -7-6 -6 6 6 4 -4
Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4
The unborn grass lies waiting
-4 5 -5 6 5 -4 3
For its coat to turn to green.
7 7 -7 -7
The snowbird sings
-6 -6 6 6 4 -4
the song he always sings
6 6 -5 -5 5 5 -4
And speaks to me of flowers
-4 5 -5 -5 5 -4 4
That will bloom again in Spring.
Verses (same tabs)
When I was young my heart was young then, to
And anyting that it would tell me
That's the thing I would do.
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the think I want the most in life
Is the thing I cannot win.
Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snobird back with you
Where it came from on that day.
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could I know I would fly away with you.
The breeze along the river seems to say
That he'll only break my heart again
Should I decide to stay.
So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes
Where the peacful waters flow.
Coda:
-7-66 7-7 -7 -6 6 6 -5 6
Yeah, if I could, you know that I would
-6 7 7 7 8
Fly away with you.
Note: I play the last verse a with a bit more
variety and presented here, building to the coda.
